One of the most common uses of a Coda laptop is to take it home
overnight or for the weekend. Naturally, you want to be sure that all of the
files that you need over the weekend are in the cache; otherwise, there is
little point in bringing the laptop home. The
hoard(1) program
helps you do this. Create a hoard file, as described in Section the section called Constructing a hoardfile, for each project you want to work on. You may also
want hoard files for your personal files, such as your home directory if its
in Coda, and other tools that you plan on using. It is best to clear the
hoard database, whenever you switch projects to make sure you have enough
space in your cache. You might consider having clear as the first
command in your personal hoard file. If you do, make sure you always run
hoard with this file before any other files. Once you've built hoard files for
all of your tools and projects, its simply a matter of running hoard to build
the hoard database you want. About fifteen minutes before you are ready to
leave, force a hoard walk with the following command: hoardwalk.

This will cause venus to attempt to cache all of the files in the hoard database. Wait until the hoard command completes. You are now ready to disconnect from the network. You are encouraged to try all of the commands you intend on using after you disconnect. If you are missing some files, it will be easy to reconnect and hoard them.